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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-01
Quiet Lodgings

On Main street, next to HALEY
Theatre.
Mrs. LEGRANDE, Proprietress.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-01

SHILOH'S CURE will i'm nediately
relieve Group, Whooping Cough and
Bronchitis. For at sale Tracy's.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-01
Soda Springs Mineral Water,

The best in the world-at the Idaho
Forwarding Company's.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-01

HALEY POstOflce.
NAILa A1AKtE:
.srom the South.-..- n 90 n. n
,,vo.a the North. ESQ P. u
From Bullion. .l1:O A.
NAILS CLOSE:
For the South las ?. n
For BuinGd. AZ-UO
All mails from MuldooH, StsAfon, Crichton, Sol
dier, Corral Greek. Atlanta and Rocky Bar arrive
and depart by Failrosd.
OFFICE HOURS
once always open u owners Of lock boxes.
general Delivery and Call Boxes open from $500
=, m until Z 80 p. m. Sundays. from IL, noon. TO
Money Order and Registry Department open
from s:oo .. N. until p. m. All registers must
be in by IL .. IN, OF they will not leave that day.
No Money Order Registry business transacted
on Sundays or legalholidays.
smoky mail leaves Tuesdays 1t .. M; arrives
Thursdays 1t p. m.
H. BEWS. Postmaster.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-01
New Rich Blood
Room and Board Wanted.

BY the use of Oregon Blood Purifie
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-01
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

Quantity of snow remaining on the ground
s1,out inches,
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17
Is Prohibition a Failure in At
lanta.

Mere assertion weighs but little.
Facts alone tell. The annals of history
will never perhaps contain a more
wonderful revolution than that of pro-
hibition in Atlanta. When the issue
was first Joined the advocates of the
liquor traffic declared that prohibition
could never be carried in a CITY of the
size of Atlanta, and if carried, could
never be enforced. Many advocated
high license and some the substitution
of wine for whiskey and brandy. No
law has ever been more vigorously
fought than prohibition has been in
Atlanta. Every artifce and scheme
has been resOrted to to nullify the
operations of the law. The courts
have been tried. The provision of the
prohibitOry law, exempting licenses
from being terminated before they ex-
pired, were used to defeat the law. as
we'll as that allowing the sale of domes.
tic wine. A great parade was made of
liquor being brought to the city in jugs
in order to throw Odium upon the law.
But prohibition is not a failure in At
lanta, as the records show.
The courts have sustained it. Drink
ing has been cut off 80 per cent. The
arrests for drunkenness have been
largely reduced, and it only requires
one policeman to guard 1000 inhabi-
tants. One hundred and thirty bar
rooms, vending on an average $4,000
drinks daily, have been wiped out.
Families that during the prevalence of
the liquor traffic suffered for the neces-
saries of life, because their means were
squandered for liquor, are now enabled
to supply their wants from the money
saved by prohibition. The city treas
ury has not suffered because of the alb
sence of the license tax in her Golfers.
The tax assessments for the present
year, assessed by a strong prohibi-
tiOnists, show an increase of over
S2,OOO,OOO over last year. The city has
largely increased her expenditures for
public schools and public improve
ments. She has donated $4,000 to a
school Of technology and $4,000 to
fair ground. Her population is nearly
$4,000, an increase of over 5000. Her
manufacturing enterprises have been
enlarged, and new stores and dwellings
are being erected in every quarter of
the city. Atlanta was never more
prosperous or active than she is now.
That occasionally a drunken man is
arrested or a wide-room man arranged
for violation of the law, is not to be
denied; but it is not to be wondered at
when a city of $1,000 people with 13O
open bar-rOoms in a moment overturns
traffic hOary with age and iniquity.
But the courts are Furnishing violators
so severely, sustained by public opin-
ion, that the ranks of the violators are
growing smaller daily. The course
pursued by the opponents of prohibi-
ton has disgusted many in their own
ranks, so that numbers who formerly
opposed prohibition, or favored high
license or the wine-rOoms, now favor
the enforcement of the Prohibition
law. That law is not failure in At
lanta, nor has its operations injured
Atlanta one single iota.-Sunny South. !
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17
Travelling A Thousand Miles an
Hour.
PROJECT FOR CROSSING THE OCEAN IN
PNEUMATIC TUBES.

Col. John II. Pierce, of Plantsville.
Conn.,, said to reporter that as vet
little was known outside his room of a
plan for connecting with the Old World
by means of pneumatic tubes. Some
statement Of brief nature has been
made to local paper. Only within a
day, almost, has it been developed to
its present stage. In response to a re-
quest to give the facts the inventor was
full of enthusiasm, but spoke with care
and precision and with the air of a man
who knew whereof he affirmed.
Eyes, 1 believe my plan is a practical
one. This county can be connected
with Europe by means of pneumatic
tubes of large proportions. When the
theories are reduced to practice they
may be modified to some extent.
"How would they be laid and oper-
ated ?"
After the manner of the cables, as
will hereafter explain. We will be
obliged to have them laid exactly
straight, or as near straight as the sur
face of the globe will permit. They
will be operated by currents of air, but
on principles quite different i'll some
respects from those governing the small
lines now in use; the general principles
remain the same. OF course the tubes
will always be in couples, with currents
of air driven through them, the current
in one tube always moving in an oppo-
site direction from the other.
"Will it not be difficult to force
currents of air the distance you con-
template 2"
"Oh, no. The speed of this current
can be made as great as desired, and
with scarcely any limit, by simply u.s.
ing great number of steam fans on the
principle of those used in blast furnaces.
The tubes must be large enough to
admit ofpassengers, Ofcourse, yet small
as possible. 1 would have individuals
sit tandem, one ahead of the other. YOU
see. Friction That would be prevent
ed by ball bearing-necessary appliances.
The motion would hardly be percepti-
bic to the passenger. 1t is hard to spec
ulate upon the speed attainable. One
hundred miles an hour would be the
easiest thing in the world; 1000 miles
an hour is not impossible with polished
steel surface for tube lining and exter-
ior'frictiOn we could provide for. The
speed, owing to the curvature of the
earth's surface will tend to overcome
all weight and make the pressure great
est on the upper portion of the tube,
when running at maximum speed.
Think of going to London in such
way and in such time as that"
Colonel Pierce said that it would not
cost very large sum to build an exper-
mental line for Il short distance, saw a
few miles. His plan has been submit
ted in its details to several experts. and
has met with approval. The great
question with the inventor at the pres
ent time is to get the necessary funds
to carry forward the work, for he is a
man ofcomparatively little capital. He
feels confident that in the end he will
receive the recognition and encourage
ment which his work deserves.-Bos-
ton Globe.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

The past week or two has witnessed
a notable gathering of politicians at
RehOboth. The Douglass House regis
ter discloses the names of Chancellor
Salisbury, United States Senator
Gray, Secretary of the United States
Bayard, ex-State Senator A. B. Cooper.
John H. Rodney, Esq. Attorney for
the New Castle County Levy Court,
Register of Deeds, Thomas r. Hol.
comb, Secretary of State ]. p. Sauls-
bury, Charles NJ. Cullen, ESQ.,, Charles
McFee, Esq, Ex-Governor c. G. Stock.
ley, Ebe w. Tunnel, Paynter Frame
and a dozen or more of the more or less
brighter lights of Democracy of Della
ware. Does this notable gathering
pOrtend anything unusualP
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17
How Society is Enlivened in Ken
lucky.

Kentucky has several counties in
which society is made picturesque by
usages resembling those of the middle
ages. Bell county has its vendettas as
well as Rowan. But recently a pitched
battle with the usual incidents of an
engagement between hostile armies
was fought in Bell between sheriff IS
posse and the friends of citizen who
declined to be arrested on account of a
murder he had committed. The sheriff
was put to fight after losing several
men killed and wounded. Nor was
Morehead, in Rowan, quieted by
Craig TOlliver's death. Craig has
" friends" and it is their intention, it is
said, to "get even" with the minions
of the law.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17
Plantation Philosophy.
u. hIIIENHOUSE
State Road, DeI., august 1Oh, 1887.

De gratest' truth is sometimes told
by de bigges' liar.
l dOan kere how smart er man is. de
furst thing he knows he'll meet er man
dat's jes er little smarter.
Oar is allus erbout de smart man er
incarnation not ter do his best. De
razor dat splits er ha'r is sharper de one
dat cuts it squar in two.
Oar is ez much danger in ober doin.
er things ez dar is in not doin it well
er nuff. De dog mighty often runs so
fas' dat he falls ober de rabbit an. den
lets him get er way.
It's er putty hard matter for er man
dat's got on er pO' suit o. close to be in
er good humOr wild de worl ? De straw
berry is nearly allus sour when de seeds
bergins to show.-Arkansa Traveller.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17
The Origin of Old School Bapti8ts.

iNOi IL hibOClluOuS61 pastor OF BFyQ
Zion church in a note to the editor ex-
planning his position that the Old
School Baptist's Association ante-date
Calvin and the Reformation, thus states
when and where their church had its
origin:
Mr.. EDITOR Since the conversa-
ton we had together in your office a
few days ago 1 have been minded to
write a few lines to you, mainly to in
form you of some of the evidence upon
which the position l take rests. 1
told you that we did not trace the
origin of the Baptists to Calvin, nor to
any other Of the reformers. will
quote from Mosheim who is accepted
generally Think as faithful historian.
AS he was a Presbyterian himself he
will not be suspected of partiality to
the Baptists.
The true origin of that sect which
acquired the denomination of Ana
Baptists by their administering anew
the right of baptism to those who came
over to their communion, and derived
that of MennOnites from the famous
man to whom they owe the greatest
part of their present felicity, is hidden
in the depths of antiquity and is of
consequence extremely difficult to be
ascertained." Again; 1T may be OBJ
served in the first place that the Men
nOnites are not entirely in error when
they boast of their descent from the
Waldenses. PetrObrusians and other
ancient sects who are usually consider
ed as witnesses for the truth in the
times Of general darkness and supersti-
tion. Before the rise of Luther and
Calvin there lay concealed in almost
all the countries of Europe, particularly
in Bohemia, Moravia, Switzerland and
Germany, many persons who adhered
to the following doctrine which the
Waldenses, WicklifIites and Hussites
had maintained, viz: That the kingdom
OF Christ, or the visible church which
he established upou earth was an as
sembly of true and real saints. and
ought therefore to be inaccessible to
the wicked and unrighteous, and also
exempt from all those institutions
which human prudence suggests, to
oppose the progress Of iniquity or to
reform transgressors."
Allow me to make one more QUOTA
ton. 1t is true that many Ana-Bap-
lists suffered death, not on account of
their being considered as rebeIlious
subjects, but merely because thew were
judged to be incorrigible heretics; for
in this country the error of limiting the
administration ofbaptism to adult per-
sons only and the practice of rebaptiz-
ing such as had received that sacrament
in state ofinfancy, were looked upon
as most hagitious and intolerable here
sizes" See church history page 400
and 491.
have quoted enough to show the
authority for what I said that the Ban
lists aUere before CaIUin.
Besides, Calvin was not Baptist.
do not write this for publication, still
ifyou are minded to publish it 1 have
no objection. Information on this sub
ject will not be likely to harm anyone.
l have prepared this note supposing
that you felt some interest in the topics
embraced in our conversation.
In kind regard,
Z. RITTENHoUsE.
State Road, DeL., august 1Oth, 1887.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

The New Orleans Picayune demands
in hysterical tones the destruction of
the English sparrow, which it declares
to be nothing less than "pestiferous
foreigner" guilty Of Trading the green
fields and spelling the drinking water
of the city. It seems it took three
years to discover the evil effects Of the
sparrow upon the drinking water Of
New Orleans. But then water is so
rarely drunk in the Crescent Cityl
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

The middle week of September this
year bids fair to be of great interest to
the whole county, and across the ocean
to the inhabitants of Great Britain at
least. For at this time thousands of
people will gather in Philadelphia and
New York drawn by two very different
events, and the newspaper readers of
America who are not interested in both
will be in one or the other. One is the
centennial of the adoption of the Con-
stitutiOn in Philadelphia, and the other
the three preliminary trial races be-
tween the yachts, result of which is
now considered largely in favor of the
Wilmington-built Volunteer.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

The death of Russell H. Knevals
from the effects of smoking cigarettes
experienced physicians say, is not an
unusual case. Many persons suffer
from nicotine poisoning who attribute
their i'll health to other causes. But
this sad case ought to be warning to
cigarette smokers. DR.. Sayre says that
cigarettes are much worse than cigars.
Drugs are used in their manufacture
by some dealers. 1t is far from pleas
ant to learn that their sale is steadily
increasing. 1t might be we'll to impose
a special tax on cigarettes.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

Two insane persons, occupying the
same cell were cured by a shrewd
physician in a curious way. Each of
the unfortunate men was privately in
trusted with the care of the other, and
was made to believe that, while he
himselfwas regarded as mentally sound
the other was not. By the constant
and active use of their mental faculties
in this work both were eventually dis
charged as sane.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

As a result of a recent earthquake in
kentucky, about $50 acres of land with
buildings and growing crops have sunk
and portions of the land are now COW
cred by water. Although prohibition
was defeated at the poles in Kentucky
last week it looks as ifthe people of
that State were destined to have water
forced upon them. They would rather
have 1t accomplished by an earthquake
however, than to see it come through
the success of the Prohibition party
NOrristOWn Herald.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17
CARPETS. CARPETS !

Having made arrangements to
sell Carpets by sample, 1 ask all
who want Carpets of any grade
or pattern to call and examine the
sample. Prices guaranteed as
low as the same goods can be
sold in New York or Philadel-
phia. Carpets, Oil Cloths, Rugs,
Mats, Mating, Carpet Lining,
Ottomans, Stair Rods, Druggets,
Window Shades, Plain and Col
ored Scrims, &c, &c, &c.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17
The Thunder Had no Show.

Terrible storm that, last evening,
George" Didn't hear it, old man. ="
" Didn't hear it? Man alive, it thun-
dered fit to wake the dead!" "Ha. I
thought 1 saw lightning, but l didn't
hear any thunder. An old schoolmate
OF my wife's is visiting her and they
haven't seen each other for ten years"
-Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

CLOCKS are cheap enough nowadays
for house to have one in every room, .
says a Philadelphia jeweler. "a good
timekeeper, nickle plated, can be sold
for so cents at a profit. Machinery
has worked this wonder, and Yankee
clocks go to Mexico, South America
and Europe by the thousands every
day in the year.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

A Scranton, Penn, man has a cat
which purrs apprOvingly whenever he
plays the piano or organ or guitar. But
she draws the line at the violin. When
her master passes the bow over the en-
trails of one of her departed friends
she grows savage, as he thinks, at the
indignity offered her species in the
construction of that instrument. After
all, this curious animal may be possess
ed only of a very discerning judgment.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

BY the latest returns of the Agricul-
tural Department, the leading farm
products of this country amount to
S4,9l4, 100000 yearly. That alone, in
depently of manufactures, fisheries,
ETC., represents an average income of
$40 year to every man, woman and
child in the country.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17
Excitement I'm To~os

Great excitement has been caused In the yiein-
lty oI farls, Texas by the remarkable recovery
OF Mr.. J. E. Corley, who was so helpless he eonid
not turn in bed or raise his head; evervbodv
seld ne was dying OF Consumption. A trialb bottle
Finding relief he bought large bottle and bo1
oi Ut. Kings New Life Pills; BY the time he had
Issen two boxes Of Pills and two bottles Of the
sa1lssSoVeIy' ne was Well and had gained in flesh
!IhilIty-slx pounds Trial Bottles Of this Great
discovery for Consumption free at James P. Hof.
A0eAe' DiuB otofe' feb 23-1y.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

The numbers ofAmericans who have
left this county for Europe this spring
and summer has never before been
equaled in the history of the State De-
partment. It is estimated that over
$4,000 tourists have sailed from the
United States since April 1.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17
Death Of Rev. DR.. Piggot.
THE OLDEST EPISCOPAL CLERGYMAN
IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE OLDEST EPISCOPAL CLERGYMAN
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Rev. DR.. Robert Piggot, the oldest
Protestant Episcopal minister in the
United States, died at his residence, at
Skyesville, on Saturday night, at II .15
O'clock. He was born in New York
May Goth, 1895, and was at the time of
his death in his ninety-third year. He
was ordained by Bishop White Novem-
Der 30th, 1928. He held several charges
in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and
was called to Sykesville in 1869 as rec
tor of Holy Trinity Church, which en-
braces parts of Baltimore, Howard and
Carroll counties. He attended to the
duties of their district up to within
four years of his death. He retained
to a wonderful degree all his faculties.
He was an artist and engraver of no
mean ability, and some of his engrav-
ings have been much admired. He
was prominent mason and had reach
ed the highest degree. He was twice
married. His last wife survives him.
He leaves no children.
In note from Col. E. Wilmer. of
Baltimore, who enclosed us the above
paragraph he says
" Rev. DIR. Piggot was at one time
rector of st. Peters at SMYRNA. He
lived in the story, near Raymonds
corner, and kept a select or private
school, (his salary as rector not giving
him support). was one ofhis pupils
and oflate years have occasionally met
him and had pleasant talks of Smyrna
in the long time ago. He was too low a
churchman for the then congregation
OF st. Peters, and on one occasion at
tended aOatch night meeting in the old
Methodist Meeting House and took part
in the services.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Macon Telegraph, publishes thrilling
article on " How to Sacrifice a Water
melon" The best way, of sacrificing a
watermelon, particularly if it is triIe
stale, is to give it to the other fellow
Philadelphia Press.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

A toad who disgraces his own
warts" is what one Mississippi editor
says in abiding 10 one of his col
leagues. The resources of English "as
she is spOke"-in Mississippi at least
are great indeed.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

The elevated railroad bill having pas
sed the Legislature, the Philadelphia
City Councils are beseiged by rival
companies who are bidding for the
privilege of building the roads. One
company offers $3.50, 900, another $780,
600, and there is no telling to what fig
ures they may yet rise. There is evi-
IDENTIFY money in it or capitalists would
not be so anxious for the franchise.
Meanwhile an underground railroad
company has already tunnelled the
principal streets-On paper-for com
prehensive system of underground
tracks. Where there is so much talk
something ought to be eventually done.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

Accelerated lawyer once said that the
three most troublesome clients he ever
had were young lady who wanted to
be married, a married woman who
wanted divorce. and an old maid
who didn't know what she wanted.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

If the cabbage worm infests your
cabbages. sprinkle salt over the tons of
the cabbages. It will kill the worms.
The cabbages may look badly for
awhile, but they viii OutgrOw the effect
of the salt, and head all right.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

From all up through Pennsylvania
comes word that the creeks and rivers
are unprecedently high for this season
of the year when streams are unusually
low. No such high water has been
known since the summer of 1852, a
period of S5 years. Yet, just out in In
diana, Illinois, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin, water famine prevails and cattle
have to be driven several miles for
water. So extensive is our country
that we have all kinds of weather and
changes at the same time.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17
No Vnrdint ITnnnimona

W. d, suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind, testines: a. /
can recommend Electric Bitters as the very best
remedy. Every bottle sold has given relief III
every case. One man took six bottles, and was
cured OF rheumatism of 10 years standing .
ADfaham Hare, druggist, Bellviile Ohio, afiirms:
:" The best selling medicine have ever handIed
ln my ~ years experience, Is Electric Bitters;'
thousands of others have added their testimony,
se that the verdict Is unanimous that Electric Bit
ters do cure all diseases Of the Liver, Kid
neys or Blood. Only a half dollar at James P.
Hoheckers, Drug Store. feb 2s-fv
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

Sweetening fruit before canning is
not necessary to its preservation. Scald
the fruit well, fill the cans brimming
full, seal them alright, wrap the cans
to exclude the light and it will keep
well. In fact, it is thought that the
natural flavor of the fruit is better pre-
served by canning without sugar and
sweetened to taste when severed.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-17

An immense skull has been found in
Virginia, and now the Mugwumps are
hustling around to see which Of their
number is dead.-PeOria Transcript.